scholarly journals Multiple invasions of a generalist herbivore—Secondary contact between two divergent lineages of Nezara viridula Linnaeus in Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2113-2129
Author(s):  
Dean Robert Brookes ◽  
James P. Hereward ◽  
Lewis J. Wilson ◽  
Gimme Hugh Walter
2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 468-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alenka Žunič ◽  
Meta Virant-Doberlet ◽  
Andrej Čokl

2021 ◽  
Vol 1764 (1) ◽  
pp. 012146
Author(s):  
Muhammad Agung Permadi ◽  
Rafiqah Amanda Lubis ◽  
Mukhlis ◽  
Qorry Hilmiyah Harahap ◽  
Ulfa Sari Siregar

Author(s):  
Wanaporn Wongnikong ◽  
James P. Hereward ◽  
Sharon L. van Brunschot ◽  
Gimme H. Walter

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 407-417
Author(s):  
Lim Wai Yin ◽  
Lim Phaik Eem ◽  
Affendi Yang Amri ◽  
Song Sze Looi ◽  
Acga Cheng

AbstractWith the potential adverse effects of climate change, it is essential to enhance the understanding of marine ecosystem dynamics, which can be driven by the co-evolutionary interaction between autotrophs and herbivores. This study looked into the autotroph-herbivore interactions in Malaysian waters, mainly to determine if autotroph nutritional quality significantly influences herbivore consumption rates. We documented the relative consumption rate of a generalist herbivore (Chanos chanos Forsskål) obtained from the Straits of Malacca through multiple feeding trials using 12 macroalgal species collected from different coastal areas of the Straits of Malacca, the Straits of Johor, and the South China Sea. The herbivore fed selectively on the tested macroalgal species, with the most and least consumed species having the lowest and highest total nitrogen content, respectively. Besides total nitrogen content, the least consumed species also had the highest total phenolic content. Interestingly, we observed that the herbivore generally preferred to consume filamentous macroalgae, especially those collected from the South China Sea. Overall, our findings demonstrated that the feeding behaviour of a generalist herbivore could be influenced by the nutritional quality of the autotrophs, which may depend directly or indirectly on other factors such as autotroph morphology and geography.


Science ◽  
1918 ◽  
Vol 47 (1220) ◽  
pp. 490-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. F. Turner
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